PSYCO381 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Vasoconstriction, Operant Conditioning Chamber, Lemming

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Reported some interesting experiments with rats with conditioned suppression: the experiment involves 3 phases, first phase: One group received 16 trials in which a noise cs (n) was paired with a footshock us (shock) this was enough training to produce considerable responding whenever the noise was presented: second phase: The same group received 8 further trials in which light (l) was added to the noise to make a compound cs (ln) A second group received the same 8 pairings of the light and noise compound and the shock us, but the noise had not been conditioned beforehand in the first trial: third phase: Tested conditioning to the light by presenting it alone (l) to both groups: results: Group 2 received n- shock training as well. Group 3 received n shock!! training: second phase: Group 1 received ln shock training. Group 2 received ln shock!! training. Group 3 received ln shock!! training: third phase: